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The Music 2019 Writers' Poll: Bryget Chrisfield

Here's what The Music's writers rated in 2019…

Album Of The Year

  1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen 
  2. The Saboteurs - Help Us Stranger
  3. Julia Jacklin - Crushing
  4. Northlane - Alien 
  5. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Infest The Rats' Nest
  6. Aldous Harding - Designer 
  7. The Chemical Brothers - No Geography
  8. Hot Chip - A Bath Full Of Ecstasy 
  9. Thelma Plum - Better In Blak
  10. Angie McMahon - Salt 



Song Of The Year

  1. Tame Impala  - Borderline 
  2. HAIM - Summer Girl 
  3. Underworld - STAR
  4. Tones & I - Dance Monkey 
  5. Sharon Van Etten - Seventeen



Artist Of The Year

  1. Nick Cave 
  2. Amyl & The Sniffers
  3. Tones & I
  4. Marlon Williams 
  5. Angie McMahon


International Artist Live Performance Of The Year

  1. Iggy Pop 
  2. The Saboteurs
  3. The Cure
  4. Chemical Brothers
  5. Childish Gambino


Australian Artist Live Performance Of The Year

  1. Nick Cave
  2. Kylie Minogue  
  3. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
  4. Parcels 
  5. Angie McMahon


TV Show Of The Year

  1. Fleabag
  2. Australian Survivor 
  3. Home And Away



Movie Of The Year

  1. Joker
  2. Rocketman 
  3. Suzi Q


Highlight Of The Decade 

Desert Trip, aka "Oldchella", 2016: The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, The Who, Neil Young and Roger Waters - across three nights where they hold Coachella.